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Instruction in cookery (London School Board receipts)

1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
BOILED BREAD PUDDING. Ingredients : — Pieces of Bread (about half a pound). Sour Milk (enough to cover the Bread). 1 Egg. 2 ozs. Sugar. 1 oz. Suet. 1 oz. Peel. A little Salt, Dripping and chopped Lemon RindBoiled Bread Pudding. Method : — Soak the bread in the milk until quite soft, then press all the milk away, leaving the bread like crumbs. Grease and sugar a tasin (1 pint size). Wet and flour a cloth. Add to the bread the sugar, salt, rind, peel and suet, mix well and beat in the egg, put it into the basin, tie the cloth over it, boil it from 24 to 3 hours. Take it up on a plate, remove the cloth, turn it carefully on to a hot dish, sprinkle with castor sugar. Nutmeg may be used as a change for flavouring. Time, 34 hours. (78) PANCAKES. Ingredients : — 4 ozs. Flour. 1 Egg. 4 pt. Milk. | teaspoonful Salt. Sugar, Lard, and LemonPancakes. Method : — Mix the Hour and salt in a basin, break the egg into a cup, put it in the middle of the flour and add a little milk at a time, stir from the middle until the flour is mixed smoothly and half the milk used, then beat it well and add the rest of the milk. (Let it stand, if possible, half an hour.) Put a small piece of lard in a small frying pan; when melted, pour in batter to cover the pan ; let it set. Shake the pan, to prevent the cake sticking; fry about two minutes, then turn it, either by tossing or with a knife. Then fry it for one minute or until brown, turn it on a piece of paper, sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice, roll up, and continue to fry the batter in the same way. When all the cakes are made arrange them on a hot dish on paper and sprinkle with castor sugar. The cakes may have more eggs if wished richer. Time, 1 hour. 55 (79) MINCE MEAT. Ingredients : — \ lb. Apples (trimmed). 7T lb. of Plums. | lb. of Currants. | lb. of Tripe, i lb. of Sugar. •i lb. of Peel. ^ teaspoonful of Mixed Spice. Rind of 2 Lemons and Juice of 1.Mince Meat Method : — Chop the apples, plums, tripe and peel very finely ; mix together all dry ingredients, including lemon rind. Pour over them the lemon juice. Press the mixture down tightly in a jar, and keep air-tight in a dry place. Time, 2 hours. (80) MINCE MEAT (Second Receipt). Ingredients : — i lb. Beef Suet. J lb. Apples. ■i lb. Currants. J lb. Raisins. | lb. Mixed Peel. | lb. Moist Sugar. | teaspoonful Ground Cloves and Cinnamon. Juice of 1 Lemon and J Rind grated. . Pinch of SaltMince Meat (Second Receipt). Method : — Skin, shred and chop the suet with the apples peeled, cored and sliced ; stone the raisins, chop them and the peel finely. Wash and dry the currants. Mix all these ingredients in a jar with the spice, juice and rind of lemon, sugar and salt. Stir well together and keep closely tied down until required for use. 4 ozs. of finely chopped lean boiled meat can be added if liked for those who prefer a more solid mince meat. Time, 1 hour. 56 (81) OATMEAL BISCUITS. Ingredients : — 7 ozs. Flour. 3 ozs. Coarse Oatmeal. 3 ozs. Lard or Butter. 2 or 3 ozs. Castor Sugar. 1 Egg. 5 teaspoonful of Carbonate of Soda. A little Salt and WaterOatmeal Biscuits.